Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-30
THE TEXAS POOL.
The Fault Attributed to Texas Rather than
TO the ROADS.


The Fault Attributed to Texas Rather than
to the Roads.
Houston Post
Under the above caption the Fort Worth
GAZETTE discusses the Texas Trsffi; As
sociation relative to its attitude in the
matter Of inducing immigration TO the
state. THE GAZETTE says:
| Texas has raj ROAD pool to maintain rates
| but IL Z GAzkTTE l. not advised tina this poll
| ever 10 Ks beyC HI he Ir sc or hat IL ever
C ns Its any cave its own immediate intert ST.
| Thu poo If THE GAZ TIE "a cOrrec " in
| formed, ceyotes 8 ability to;builGiDg its mem
| bership up ana CIV Ut If any, heed TO the
upbu1 g O. TexaS Railroa are potent fac
| I. r f. the growth of Any state. and The Ga
| ZETIB ia not advise at tho Texas Ia'lruad
po Is making any Effort worth. lhe name TO
incr ase tnI potu alton of the state By spe jiSl
rates 20 immigrants and DTospectors. There Is
| "A eturn tics ct sold in S. Louis, perhaps IN
other CT les to certain poi ts Ia Texas, bat the
rate on these is t such as to atrsct con-
| siderab q number Of Peep c. nsas and Cali
| fOrnia are awake, and the rgilr, ado 8 d them
| Why cannot T X4s IRds off rate that viii
| br nG vi itnls ana p os ec,OTs AID thus al In
| str. ng heni the state Up"n watch the roa 8
depend? There have been times wi hin the
as six or Ell. mt mouths when re pc, pie 1t #
| Iexas than came into It. L the Texas rail-
roads al the sta e to 3 cure more population,
for that is the need of the grea unsettled ives,
and in more people Is more traf for railroads.
The closing sentence in the above
places TnE GAZETTE in the attitude of
the disputant VINO built theory with
another mans lNgIc." It would be fool
lsh to believe that the railroads are not
fully alive to the importance Of peOpling
the state. These corporations hsve mil
lions Of dollars invested in Texas, end
these vast interests are wholly dtp-ndeDt
upon the prosperity Of the section of
country in which they are operated. AS
THE GAZETTE well s.Hs, "in nor,
people is more trsffi; for rail
roads," and the Post contends
that there has never been q tim
in the history OF the Texas lines
when they were unwilling to lend their sid
in the matter Of bringing immigration TO
the state. Ia seeking for a cause OF the
falling off of immigration THE GAZETTE
caDnpt justly locate the blame st the
door Of the railroads. As a matter OF
fict-snd the psf states it k1oRiDg it 20
Do q fact-an investigation Of the ticket
ffices of the various Texas lines, or of
Commissioner Waldo's office, viii show
that special immigration rates ere now in
effect and have been for years erd THIS
is not all. Every one Of the principal
lines in Texas have SCENTS in
the north and east, some OF them in Eu-
rope, for the purpose of inducing people
TO come to he stste. Nor is this all. |
Nearly the whole of the advertising which |
Texas has received since the war has been
done by the railroads at their own eX-
pense. Why, al the very time, twelve |
years ago, when the Texas rutabsgas, led |
by few dem4gOgues, were framing o |
constitution which seeks to stifl3 all |
eff rts in the matter Of inducing immigra- |
ton, the Houston and t. xas Central, |
the International and Great North
erp, he Sunset, and perhaps other |
roads were engaged in schemes to settle |
up the waste places in the state. These |
roads sent agents to the east and TO |
Europe, inaugursted cheap fares and |
flooded botn countries with advertising |
matter. This policy has been pursued |
ever since By al the Texas roads. Bat |
what has the state or what have the peO-
pie done in this direction? When The |
GAZETTE has answered this question it |
will fad the real cause for the al |
ged retrCgTession. THE GAZETTE |
mentions Kansas and Californis
in q comparative sense with |
Texas. Kansas sptnt $500, 90 Apr -
priated by tue legislature Ia advertising
the state and inducing people to 60 there
C1llIOt Ma IS the DeSG SGFSTtlsSu SLaIe 10
day in America, all done by It's own peO-
p e. Hundreds of thousands Ct dollars
have been invested in that way. What
has Texas ever done? Can THE GAZETTE
name single act passed by the Lsgisls-
ture which could be Construed
into q friendly Invitation to immi-
grants? Has Texas ever received any Sd
vertislng abroad except that given il
oy the railroads or gratuitously by the
In q word, have the peoI lie
tbs mselves done their du'y, even half so
we'll as the railroads have done their?
Let THE GAZETTE consider these ques-
lions, and determine il 1t be not on the
wrong trail. Sd far IS the Posts obser-
vstions go, it mas never found the rail
roads unwilling to cooperate most heart
lily in any movement designed in the in
terest of the general welfare of the state.